reddit command

[molten granite]

Is there a way to make a reddit command for my discord bot? i wanna make one that doesnt just use r/memes

[molten granite]

i would also like to use gifs too

[trail coral]

snoowrap is/was a relatively popular npm package that's a reddit API wrapper

[molten granite]

so i can use this

?

[trail coral]

I use it in one of my bots, so it's up to you

You can also just make raw fetch() requests to Reddit

[high terrace]

you dont need to use snoowrap for this, their api is pretty easy to use
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/new.json
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/top.json
etc
https://www.reddit.com/dev/api#GET_hot

[molten granite]

how do i do that

[molten granite]

but i want gifs from other subreddits

[high terrace]

literally just replace gifs in the url with whatever subreddit you want

[distant igloo]

Documentation suggestion for @molten granite:
Fetch API
The Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources (including across the network). It will seem familiar to anyone who has used XMLHttpRequest, but the new API provides a more powerful and flexible feature set.

[molten granite]

so like https://reddit.com/r/gifs/top.json

?

[high terrace]

that'll give you the top 50 posts for /r/gifs, yeah

[molten granite]

and itll show gifs?

it works

tysm

one more question

how do i make the image look bigger if i cna

can

i also cant seem to not make it random,

since mine is /random/.json

[high terrace]

change it to /random.json

[molten granite]

but do i have to use random

i wanna use hot

or just something else

[high terrace]

fetch the hot posts then get a random one from the posts it gives

not rlly another way

[molten granite]

okay

ill try to do this

even though i might need help

this is so confusing

imma keep it as is tbh but all i wanna do is just make it so that you can choose from different reddit communities

[molten granite]

how would i make it show up if it was a video?

and show what subreddit it is (im sorry if im annoying you)

[molten granite]

also thank you for the help

i really appreciate it

now i just gotta figure out how to do it so that i can choose a subreddit

[molten granite]

agh

[molten granite]

idk what i can do

[trail coral]

choosing a subreddit is just changing the URL you're fetching

[molten granite]

but how can i make it so you choose where it fetches from

[trail coral]

that's up to you
a String option in your slash command is probably the most efficient

[molten granite]

oh ok

i dont really know what u mean but

i need an example

[trail coral]

what do you not understand

are you using slash commands?

[molten granite]

yes

i am

[distant igloo]

Slash Commands: Command options
read more

[molten granite]

so i looked at choices one

would it be like that?

[trail coral]

If you want to limit what they can choose, yes

[molten granite]

hmm

ok so for example

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('discord.js');

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
        .setName('gif')
        .setDescription('Sends a random gif!')
        .addStringOption(option =>
            option.setName('category')
                .setDescription('The gif category')
                .setRequired(true)
                .addChoices(
                    { name: 'Funny', value: `https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/random.json` },
                    { name: 'Meme', value: 'gif_meme' },
                    { name: 'Movie', value: 'gif_movie' },
                )),
    async execute(interaction) {
        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');
        // category must be one of 'gif_funny', 'gif_meme', or 'gif_movie'
    },
};``` would it look something like this for example

or would it be something else

god damn it

im so lost

[trail coral]

That's a good start

[molten granite]

phew

[trail coral]

You can make each of the values a url, and just fetch the url when you receive it

[molten granite]

ok

so when i do the url i can do like await fetch(funny)

?

[trail coral]

If funny is the name of your option variable, then yes

[molten granite]

ok

do i keep the const category?

i wanna make it an embed

[trail coral]

that's how the guide defined the name of the option variable

[molten granite]

so like /reddit rfunny and it would send an embed of that subreddit

[trail coral]

A reddit URL will automatically embed into Discord

[molten granite]

ah

so then how do i do the options part

[trail coral]

Look at the code from the guide, and try to understand what it means

specifically, look in the body of execute()

[molten granite]

okay

same place u told me about?

[trail coral]

Yes, and the same place where you pasted the code above

[molten granite]

okay

okay so what happens is that the command options show up but when i press funny it doesnt respond

im so close i can smell it bro

[trail coral]

do you have code that responds to the command?

[molten granite]

no

what would that be tho

[trail coral]

interaction.reply(...)

[molten granite]

okay

[molten granite]

when i try the command it says that 'name' is undefined

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('discord.js');
const { EmbedBuilder } = require('discord.js');

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
        .setName('reddit')
        .setDescription('Sends a random pic/gif from reddit!')
        .addStringOption(option =>
            option.setName('category')
                .setDescription('The reddit category')
                .setRequired(true)
                .addChoices(
                    { name: 'r/funny', value: `https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/random/.json` },
                    { name: 'Meme', value: 'gif_meme' },
                    { name: 'Movie', value: 'gif_movie' },
                )),
    async execute(interaction) {
        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');

        const reddit = await r.json()

        let title = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.title;
        let image = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.url;
        let author = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.author;

        const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
        .setColor("Blue")
        .setTitle(`${title}`)
        .setImage(`${image}`)
        .setURL(`${image}`)
        .setAuthor( {text: author} )
        // category must be one of 'gif_funny', 'gif_meme', or 'gif_movie'

        await interaction.reply({ embeds: [embed] })
    },
};``` heres the code

[distant igloo]

Documentation suggestion for @molten granite:
EmbedBuilder#setAuthor()
Sets the author of this embed

[trail coral]

Look at the parameters of this function

[molten granite]

would it be name ==

[trail coral]

That's not how objects work

Also, I already see a reference error since you never defined r

[molten granite]

oh

yea i never defined that

idk how i can though given that i cant do async r => {}

[trail coral]

well what do you expect r to be?

[molten granite]

the stuff for reddit

[trail coral]

what stuff for reddit? do you want it to pick a random subreddit that exists?

[molten granite]

um

this was the code im trying to use

[trail coral]

do you notice anything missing between their code and your code?

[molten granite]

async function meme() {}

and the fetch and async r

[trail coral]

so, how are they defining r?

[molten granite]

um

putting the embed and other stuff in the .then(async r => {}

[trail coral]

Not quite

[molten granite]

oh

[trail coral]

The . means that then() is a property (a method, specifically) of what comes before it
Therefore, what comes before .then() is essential for it to work
Now I ask you, what comes before .then()?

[molten granite]

the fetch

and the async function

[trail coral]

Does your current code include the fetch?

[molten granite]

no

[trail coral]

Do you think you need to fetch the reddit url so your code knows which subreddit to get?

[molten granite]

yes

[trail coral]

You should probably add that too, then

[molten granite]

but how would i do that if its only going to be a specific link

[trail coral]

Do you have any variable that contains a link to the reddit URL that the user chose?

[molten granite]

value: reddit link

would that be one or?

do i need to make a variable like rfunny = reddit link and put

value: rfunny

[trail coral]

That's a choice you're giving the user, but what variable do you have that represents the user's specific choice?

[molten granite]

none

thats why i said

rfunny = reddit link

and i would put

value: rfunny

[trail coral]

What does category represent in your code?

The variable, not the stuff in your slash command builder

[molten granite]

the option.setName

[trail coral]

        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');

If you did console.log(category), what do you think it would log?

[molten granite]

umm

undefined?

[trail coral]

Why would it be undefined?

[molten granite]

because its not anywhere in the execute function

i have the const but didnt put it anywhere else

[trail coral]

It's literally defined in the first line in the body of your execute function

So, why do you think this variable exists?

[molten granite]

i have to put it into the interaction.reply?

[trail coral]

What would it reply with? If you just did interaction.reply(category), what do you think it would send?

[molten granite]

an error

so its gonna be embed and category

[trail coral]

There's nothing erroneous about that line of code

You could actually try to log or send the variable, and it would probably help you understand what you need it for

[molten granite]

console.log(category)

failed to parse URL from undefined

so the name is still undefined

[trail coral]

Comment out all the other code

Just define and log category for now

[molten granite]

ok

how much of the code

[trail coral]

The body of the execute() function

[molten granite]

this what it is

[trail coral]

this should be commented out, too

[molten granite]

got it

it sent the link in the terminal

[trail coral]

So, what does that tell you that category represents?

[molten granite]

the reddit link

[trail coral]

So, what do you think you should be fetching?

[molten granite]

the reddit linl

link

[trail coral]

What code would that look like?

[molten granite]

so await fetch(category)

[trail coral]

Perfect

[molten granite]

yess

what would i do with the other code?

[trail coral]

Uncomment it out, and look back at the copied code to see the differences between the two

[molten granite]

ok

do i need r.json still?

[trail coral]

Yes, it is essential

[molten granite]

got it

yes

i think i got it

nope it gave an error

[trail coral]

what error?

[trail coral]

setFooter()'s argument has a property called text
setAuthor()'s argument has a property called name

Right now, you're using setAuthor() with text which is incorrect

[molten granite]

ah

wait so what do i do

[trail coral]

Pick the method you want to use, and use the correct argument for that method

[molten granite]

um

so what do i need to fix

i dont understand

[molten granite]

do i change it to name?

it works!

[trail coral]

[molten granite]

W

tysm

will i have to manually put the subreddits in?

and can i do mp4's?

[trail coral]

You can add them as more choices, up to 25 choices max

[molten granite]

😮

i didnt know that

[trail coral]

You can't send videos in an embed's image

[molten granite]

how can i fix the 25 choice max?

like extend it

[trail coral]

Just include more { name, value } objects in your addChoices()

[molten granite]

oh is it only 25 choices shown?

[trail coral]

If you try to include more, it will throw an error

[molten granite]

so what do i do to prevent that error

or can i not

[wintry dagger]

Use autocomplete

[distant igloo]

Slash Commands: Responding to autocomplete interactions
read more

[molten granite]

uhh

[distant igloo]

Slash Commands: Autocomplete
read more

[wintry dagger]

Use that to dynamically respond with up to 25 choices based on what the user entered yet…